[Trials of the hero-twins]
| LC Control No.: |
2008700220
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| Type of Material: | Photograph, Print, Drawing |
| Personal Name: | Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957. |
| Main Title: |
[Trials of the hero-twins]
[graphic] /
DR [monogram].
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| Published/Created: |
[1931]
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| Related Names: |
Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
DLC
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| Description: |
1 painting :
watercolor ;
48 x 64 cm.
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| Notes: |
Title from Kislak Collection guide.
Watercolor painted by Diego Rivera in San Francisco, Calif. during the summer of 1931, originally commissioned to illustrate a never-published English translation of the Popol Vuh by John Weatherwax. Depicts the hero twins (Hanahpu and Xbalanque) and their conflict and competition with the lords of the underworld. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. DLC |
| Additional Formats: |
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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| Subjects: |
Popol vuh--Illustrations.
Quiché mythology. Quiché Indians--Religion. Myths--1930-1940. |
| Form/Genre: |
Watercolors--1930-1940.
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| LC Classification: |
N8214.5.A45
C65 1750
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| Links: |
Page view:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.00220.1
PDF: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.00220.2 |